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Martha H. Howard MD | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 19 October 2009

Martha H. HowardHats off to innovator and physician-pioneer, Martha H. Howard MD, the founder and Medical Director of Wellness Associates of Chicago, a practice that integrates Chinese medicine, acupuncture, guided imagery, sound-based therapy and herbal medicine with state-of-the-art Family Medicine. 

Practicing since 1982, she has a Master's Degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Harvard University, and an M.D. from Loyola University. She’s also the creator of a wellness audio series (we carry several of her titles), and is a teacher of Tibetan Yoga.

Wellness Associates was founded in 1989 and is one of the earliest and most innovative centers of integrative medicine in the Windy City. The focus is on prevention, healthy aging, allergy and environmental medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and guided imagery for health.

For decades, Dr. Howard has inventively and productively treated chronic illnesses associated with undiagnosed allergies – Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease, Chronic Sinusitis, ADD/ADHD, Migraine Headache, Fibromyalgia, eczema, acne, restless leg syndrome, and various autoimmune diseases. 

Kudos to her for treating these baffling conditions with a fresh approach, open mind, skillful hands and ingenious methods, long before “integrative medicine” was a household word!!  

 
Dorothy Siminovitch PhD | Print |  E-mail
Sunday, 25 January 2009

 
We enthusiastically salute an extraordinary coaches' coach, Dorothy Siminovitch PhD, a gifted and inspiring organizational and personal development trainer, who's a wizard at helping individuals, teams and organizations become their most effective and perform at the top of their game. 

Dorothy's extensive Gestalt teaching experience, along with her own unique brand of intuitive insight, combines with several cutting edge coaching models to provide just the right platform for people to discover the most fertile conditions for thriving professionally. 

 
Judith Lee Cohen | Print |  E-mail
Thursday, 04 September 2008

Judith CohenWe unabashedly admit that we are nuts about the work of Tucson-based holistic health goddess, Judith Lee Cohen, RN, MTh, RCST.  More and more we are finding seasoned integrative healers like Judith, with a powerful range of holistic healing tools, making their mark on day-to-day health care. 

Initially trained as a nurse with experience in critical care, this grounded, appealing, humorous healer with the big maternal energy went on to become a hugely popular massage therapist and gifted craniosacral therapist, as well as a sophisticated energy medicine practitioner.  In fact, BR first became acquainted with her work  in the 80’s, when they both were in intensive training with world-class energy healer, Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere, in a secluded monastery in western Massachusetts.

She has also been sited gracing the faculty of Andy Weil’s ground-breaking program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School.

A more recent focus of hers has been on her group, 4-day Birth Process Workshops, a method first developed by Raymond Castellino DC, where people work in an intimate, safe, supportive 7-person group to heal early trauma issues, in a program that integrates energetic bodywork, craniosacral work and psychodynamic personal growth.  It’s intense but powerful.

Individual clients in her private practice go from neonates to 90-yr-olds, presenting a variety of issues for her to address.  With her seasoned experience as an integrative healer, nurse, craniosacral and medical massage therapist, as well as a pre- and peri-natal therapist, she has an extraordinary amount to offer.

She can be reached at 520-241-8335 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 

 
Bob Buckley | Print |  E-mail
Thursday, 15 February 2007
We salute clinical social worker, Bob Buckley, LCSW, a senior faculty member and clinical supervisor at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC
 
Leon Paparella | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 28 October 2005
We proudly salute Leon Paparella, MSW, CGP (Certified Group Psychotherapist) and clinical mainstay of The Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area, an extraordinary organization that educates, supports, serves and advocates for the Parkinson’s community and PD carepartners.
 
Brad Larsen | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 06 June 2005
We are proud to introduce you to Brad Larsen, a nurse anesthetist whose enthusiasm, knowledge, focus, drive and commitment to compassionate patient care resulted in his creating the Kaiser Santa Rosa Preparing for Successful Surgery Program in 2003, along with Dr. Manny Diaz. Every Kaiser member having surgery is offered a custom Health Journeys CD, containing guided imagery, affirmations, and Steve Kohn’s relaxing music.
 
Mark Gilbert MD | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 29 November 2004
We tip our holistic hats to psychiatrist Mark Gilbert MD, Director of The Integrated Pain Treatment Center and the Mind-Body Skills Program of Toronto. He used his wealth of experience in the field of mind-body medicine (having trained both at Harvard's Deaconess Hospital Mind-Body Program, and at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C.) to create this extraordinary clinic, where the staff works with chronic pain,
 
Susan Ezra and Terry Reed | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 23 August 2004
We are proud to salute the dynamic duo of Susan Ezra, RN, HNC and Terry Reed, RN, MS, HNC , the creators and directors of Beyond Ordinary Nursing, who have done so much to train hundreds of nurses in one-to-one interactive imagery with their extraordinary, 110-hour Nurses Certificate Program in Interactive Imagery.
 
Henry Dreher | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 09 February 2004
Henry DreherWe fondly salute the prolific, knowledgeable and endlessly resourceful holistic health writer, cancer guide and all-round sweetie-pie, Henry Dreher. Henry is a regular contributor to Natural Health and Advances in Mind-Body Medicine and has written for New York Magazine, Self, Shape and Tikkun.
 
Esther Johnson | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 13 October 2003
Guided imagery enthusiast, Esther Johnson RN, BC, MH, reports she’s been feverishly promoting imagery in her community. She’s part of a private practice at the Center for Integrative Medicine in San Jose, California.
 
Jane Tarlow | Print |  E-mail
Wednesday, 24 September 2003
We take off our ski caps to instructor Jane Tarlow Ed.M, PSIA, who teaches mind-body-spirit skiing at Breckenridge Ski Resort in the Colorado Rockies.

Jane is a great believer in the power of guided imagery, and has been sited giving pointers to friends, family and students, often on chair lift rides.
 
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